Leon Panetta actually said...

A security agreement with Afghanistan that provided for a continuing relationship and some kind of joint facilities and so on for training, for counterterrorism, and so on beyond 2014 I think would be very much in our interests.

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Panetta reflects on Secretary Gates' statement about a security agreement with Afghanistan.

02/14/2011

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